# My adventure at Cinnabon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352 "2015-08-30T00:48:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/1 "2015-08-30T00:48:39Z")
Every once in a while, I like to get a coffee and a cinnamon bun from Cinnabon. They’re certainly not great, but still, they’re certainly edible, especially if the bun are more fresh than not. Cinnabon just gives you a Styrofoam cup; coffee, lids, additives, etc. are all around the side. So the clerk grabs the cup off the stack and puts it open end down on the counter. At this point, I complain. “I drink out of that cup without a lid, and you’re putting the part I drink out of on a counter where people put their hands, their money, and spill shit. You’re putting that cup lip on a counter where bugs can run around and contaminate it.” I got a weird look, and an argument about how wonderful the Cinnabon counters are, and how bug free they are. I eventually won the argument, and he got me another cup. As soon as he pulled the fresh cup of the stack: A moth flew out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/2 "2015-08-30T05:23:55Z")
That was no ordinary moth! It was the Cinnamon Fairy! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/3 "2015-08-30T06:03:24Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > A moth flew out of it. More proof of some old adage. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/4 "2015-08-30T06:52:18Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > More proof of some old adage. Oh I know that one! Isn’t it–“A moth in a cup is worth a free Cinnabon”? I can’t tell you how many times I think of that old adage! Frankly though, shudder. All I can think of is not noticing the moth in there, pouring hot coffee on it, and swigging it down. I think I just grossed myself out. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/5 "2015-08-30T07:03:09Z")
Wow, I thought you were kind of overreacting until the moth. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/6 "2015-08-30T07:22:55Z")
Looks like the moth was the one having an adventure… ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/7 "2015-08-30T08:03:09Z")
You set the moth free!!! Now you can feel good all day. > [@](#): > > how wonderful the Cinnabon counters are, and how bug free they are. and please note that the clerk was correct…the _counter_ was totally bug free. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/8 "2015-08-30T11:46:41Z")
When you consider that the law only requires a certain ratio of bug parts in the wheat that made your flour, escaping moth footprints probably isn’t a real concern. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/9 "2015-08-30T15:10:11Z")
See, if it was me, and even if I had been squicked at the cup on the counter (I wouldn’t be, really), I couldn’t have resisted taking the comedic opportunity to do a deadpan gesture that I’d just settle for the first cup. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/10 "2015-08-30T15:12:48Z")
The moth is a comedian. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/11 "2015-08-30T15:17:37Z")
Did he argue against giving you a third cup? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/12 "2015-08-30T15:33:34Z")
That is an EX caterpillar. It is pining for the jamba juice. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/13 "2015-08-30T15:35:22Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > Wow, I thought you were kind of overreacting until the moth. When I was a health aide and I had to cleaned under my clients fingernails and I wore rubber gloves while doing this. You would not believe the shit the I dug out of their nails ! I mean feces was packed under their nails . I don’t think the OP was overreacting at all. I hate to shake hands with people , when I do I wash my hands as soon as I can. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/14 "2015-08-30T15:35:50Z")
I had a killer business trip. Then flew from California to Atlanta which turned into another grueling adventure…by the time I got to Atlanta I was wiped out. At some ungodly hour I got a Chik Fil A with a large drink (no lid yet). As the clerk handed me a bunch of change it feel right into the already filled cup. I just took it as is because I was too tired to give a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/15 "2015-08-30T15:45:39Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > A moth flew out of it. Better call Saul Declan ---
**Author:** ![CerebrAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@CerebrAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CerebrAl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/16 "2015-08-30T16:36:35Z")
And…then, what happened? Cinnamon buns are always too large, they make me mildly nauseous half way through anyway. Hmmm…maybe it’s the filthy Styrofoam… ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/17 "2015-08-30T23:34:18Z")
What kind of moth? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/18 "2015-08-31T00:02:58Z")
A cinnamoth? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/19 "2015-09-01T21:40:03Z")
“If you set the Cinnamoth free, your next roll and coffee will be complimentary to thee!” ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352/20 "2015-09-01T23:43:48Z")
All hail the mighty Cinnamoth Whoth beating wings doth Make the cappucinoth froth. To plight the troth of dark garbed Goths. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352.md?page=2)